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By Samantha WeigelDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

While fallowed fields across th estate have long illustrated theimpacts of the drought for ruralcommuniti es, s ome Bay Area resi-dents may soon feel the heat when

they open their water bills ascities and utilities strive to meetconservation mandates whilestaying in business.

Gov. Jerry Brown’s landmarkmandatory orders requiring thebiggest users to conserve morewill impact communiti es different-ly. Yet many San Mateo Countyresidents must brace for water rateincreases as the area’s main sup-plier, the San Francisco Public

Utilities Commission, announceda 28 percent rate increase slatedfor July.

Water utilities are in a precarious

situation as they encourage con-sumers to conserve while stillneeding to cover fixed costs andpricey infrastructure needs.

On Friday, the State WaterResources Control Board is pois edto release more details on how itplans to implement Brown’s

orders to cut statewide consump-tion 25 percent through tieredconservation standards rangingfrom 10 percent to 35 percent.

While some water officialsexpressed concern with the pre-liminary framework that bases aresidents’ reduction target onSeptember 2014 consumptio n — atime of year where people typical-ly use more water — all utilitiesand cities will be required to cut

back further or potentially facefines of up to $10,000 a day.“I think now the issue is going

to be there’s fines, this is real.

What we’ve been in is a voluntarysituation, we all have no choice,we’re in a mandatory situationnow,” said Nicole Sandkulla, CEOof the Bay Area Water Supply andConservation Agency.“Everybody has to get seriousabout it to a level that’s different

from where we were last year. Ithink as residents, we all have totake a look again and say ‘OK,

Water cuts trickling downUtilities differ on reductions, rate hikes while faced with less revenue, fixed costs

By Austin WalshDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

A long quest to find a new loca-tion for its administrative officemay be nearing an end as officialsas San Mateo Union High SchoolDistrict officials are exploring thepurchase of more than two acres of land on the Burlingame Bayfront.

The Board of Trustees will meetThursday, April 16, to discusspotentially buying the parcel at875 Mahler Road in Burlingame.

The discussion takes place asofficials consider how to balanceremaining capital resources withhow to best serve employees, aswell as students enrolled in thealternative Peninsula High School

and the special education p rogram.No decision will be made at the

board meeting, which will be heldat the San Mateo Adult School,789 E. Poplar Ave., San Mateo.

Liz McManus, district deputysuperintendent of business servic-es, said the board will hold anopen conversation regarding thedistrict’s interest in purchasingthe Burlingame property beforetaking action.

“The board’s decision was tohave an absolutely transparentdiscussion, and from that, puteverything on the table with the

facts and then make an effectivedecision,” she said.

High school districtofficials close in onproperty purchaseBurlingame parcel considered as new sitefor district offices, other uses are possible

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SACRAMENTO — A federal judge in Cal ifo rni a declinedWednesday to remove marijuanafrom the list of most dangerousdrugs, disappointing activistswho saw the case as a chance to get

closer to their goal of nationwidelegalization.

U.S. District Judge KimberlyMueller said during a brief court

hearing t hat she was initially pre-pared to rule that marijuana shouldnot be a Schedule 1 drug but thendecided it was up to Congress tochange the law if it wishes.

“It has been 45 years sinceCongress passed the ControlledSubstances Act,” Mueller said,

noting “the landscape haschanged” since then.

Ruling on marijuanadisappoints advocates

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By Bill SilverfarbDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

A small but determined group of anti-corruption advocates spentTax Day urging passersby to sup-port legislation that would curbthe influence of lobbyists onCongress.

The local chapter of Represent.Us passed out fliers infront of the San Mateo CountyHistory Museum in downtownRedwood City to call for the pas-sage of the American Anti-Corruption Act, originally craftedby former Federal ElectionCommission chairman Trevor

Potter in 2011.It’s a strategy that might actual-

ly work, said Redwood City resi-dent Carol Cross.

“It’s abo ut transparency and reg-ulations that will empower vot-ers,” she said.

It’s about taking “big money”out of politics, the group con-tends.

It was one of 3 6 Tax Day actionsbeing held by Represent.Us chap-ters across the country toannounce a wave of lo cal anti-cor-

ruption in itiatives.The goal is to get the legislation

passed at municipal and state levelsuntil Congress takes up the cause.

The group points out that mem-bers of Congress spend too muchtime fundraising, 75 percent, andmust raise millions of dollars tofund their own campaign s.

The American Anti-CorruptionAct would prevent any specialinterest donations made to anyelected member of Congress whosits on a committee that regulatesthe donor ’s industry.

It also requires members of Congress to recuse themselvesfrom any votes that would profit

their large donors.In 2014, Tallahassee, Florida,

Corruption focus of Tax Day rally

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Beverly Morgan wore a $100 bill outfit at a Tax Day rally in downtown Redwood City Wednesday to bring attentionto the corrupting influence of special interest groups on politics.

Group pushes for passage of the American Anti-Corruption Act

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Police: College shootingsuspect hitchhiked to Florida

GOLDSBORO, N.C. — The manaccused of killing a community col-lege worker said the motorcycle heused to get away broke down alongInterstate 95 and he walked 30 milesbefore a woman headed to Florida gavehim a ride, according t o a pol ice reportreleased Wednesday.

The woman picked up the 20-year-old Kenneth Morgan Stancil III,

whose face and neck are covered indark, self-administ ered tattoo s. He wasarmed with a knife and had almost$500 , th e report by Volusia CountyBeach Safety Ocean Rescue officerssaid.

The driver was headed to Key West,Florida, but dropped Stancil off inDaytona Beach, where he was foundsleeping on the beach Tuesday morn-ing. When officers approached him,he pulled the kni fe but dropp ed it whenan officer drew his gun. He was arrest-ed without incident, the police reportsaid.

Stancil is awaiting extradition backto North Caroli na, where he is accusedof fatally shooting 44-year-old RonLane, a print shop director at WayneCommunity College. Lane was gay,and authorities said they are investi-gating a possible hate crime. Theyhaven’t released a motive for theshooting, but Stancil was dismissed

from a work study prog ram at the printshop last month.

Goose with arrowpiercing neck captured

ANAHEIM HILLS — An Egyptiangoose with an arrow piercing its neckwas captured in Southern California onWednesday and will undergo surgery toremove the weapon.

A worker at the Anaheim Hills CarWash befriended the goose several daysago and was able to catch it and turn it

over to officers from Orange CountyAnimal Care, department spok eswomanKatie Ingram said.

Veterinarians at an area bird andwildlife clinic examined the bi rd and saidit appeared to be in good health, exceptfor the arrow that missed all its vitalorgans, Ingram said. They said the b ird’sprognosis was good.

Workers believe the animal was shotintentionally at least a week ago,Ingram said. Animal control officersfound the bird after getting a call onApril 8 from Hole 5 at the Anaheim HillsGolf Course, but they started gettingcalls on April 5, she said.

The birds are not native to th e area, soit was probably living near the course.

The unnamed bird was unable to benddown to eat, making it easier for the carwash worker to en tice it with food.

When animal control arrivedWednesday to pick it up, they did notwear uniform clothing in case that was

what was scaring the bird, Ingram said.They were concerned the arrow wascatching on objects as the bird movedand would cause an infection or move thearrow and cause serious damage.

California man, 95, sets worldrecord as oldest active pilot

PLACERVILLE — A 95-year-oldNorthern California man has become theworld’s oldest active pilot .

The Sacramento Bee reported Tuesdaythat Guinness World Record keepers

confirmed that a flight last month byPeter Weber Jr. qualified him for therecord book.

Weber was 95 y ears, 4 mon ths and 23days old when he flew three looping cir-cles around an airfield near Sacramentoon March 30.

Guinness lists Cole Kugel as the old-est pilot ever. Kugel, who lived inLongmont, Colorado, flew for the lasttime in 2007 at age 105 and died thesame year.

Weber says the record keepers havedesignated a new category: Oldest quali-fied pilot still licensed and flying solo.

The Air Force veteran has been pilotfor 72 years and says he flies about twicea month.

During his first court appearanceTuesday in Daytona Beach, Florida,Stancil indicated he kill ed Lane becausehis former supervisor molested a rela-tive. Nothing in police records substan-tiated the allegations.

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This Day in History

Thought for the Day

1945During World War II, a Soviet subma-rine in the Baltic Sea torpedoed andsank the MV Goya, which Germanywas using to transport civilianrefugees and wounded soldiers; it’sestimated that up to 7,000 peopledied. U.S. troops reached Nuremberg.U.S. forces invaded the Japaneseisland of Ie Shima. In his first speechto Congress, President Harry S.Truman pledged to carry out the warand peace policies of his late prede-cessor, President Franklin D.Roosevelt.

“The only graceful way to accept aninsult is to ignore it; if you can’t ignore it,top it; if you can’t top it, laugh at it; if youcan’t laugh at it, it’s probably deserved.”

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Singer BobbyVinton is 80.

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In 1789, President-elect George Washington left MountVernon, Virginia, for his inauguration in New York.

In 1879, Bernadette Soubirous, who’d described seeing

visions of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes, died in Nevers (neh-VEHR’), France.

In 1889, comedian and movie director Charles Chaplin wasborn in London.In 1912, American aviator Harriet Quimby became the firstwoman to fly across the English Channel, leaving Dover,England, and arriving near Calais, France, in 59 minutes.

In 1935, the radio comedy program “Fibber McGee andMolly” premiered on NBC’s Blue Network.

In 1940, Major League Baseball’s first (and, to date, only)opening day no-hitter took place as Bob Feller of theCleveland Indians pitched a no-no against the Chicago WhiteSox, 1-0, at Comiskey Park.

In 1947 , the French ship Grandcamp blew up at th e harbor inTexas City, Texas; another ship, the High Flyer, exploded thefollowing day (the blasts and fires killed nearly 600 people).

Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI is 88. Actor Peter Mark

Richman is 88. Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II is 75.

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Romney is 66. NFL coach Bill Belichick is 63. Rock singer

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3Thursday • April 16, 2015 THE DAILY JOURNAL LOCAL

By James Lanaras

BAY CITY NEWS SERVICE

A Moss Beach man who led law enforce-ment officers on a multi-county vehicle pur-suit Sunday was arrested and booked in theMarin County Jail on felony and misde-meanor charges, the California Highway

Patrol said.Edward Gene Wilson, 47, started the pursuitwhen he made a sudden lane change in front of two CHP officers on patrol on the Tamalpais

Drive over-crossing of Highway 101 around1:40 a.m., CHP Officer Andrew Barclay said.

The CHP officers had to brake quickly toavoid a collision with Wilson’s Nissan pick-up truck, Barclay said. The officers determinedWilson was intentionally trying to flee fromthe officers and the pursuit began, Barclaysaid.

The CHP officers were informed by theCentral Marin Police Authority that theNissan was reported stolen from SanAnselmo, Barclay said.

The chase continued on northboundHighway 101 to eastbound state Highway 37toward Vallejo then onto Lakewood Highwaytoward Petaluma, Barclay said.

Spike strips set up by Petaluma police atFrates Road flattened the right front tire of thepickup, and another spike strip set up by theSonoma County Sheriff’s Office at Adobe and

Stage Gulch roads flattened the remainingtires on the Nissan, Barclay said.Wilson lost control of the pickup truck and

spun out as he passed Watmaugh Road. He ran

from the truck but was caught after a shortchase, Barclay said.

Wilson was booked on felony charges of driving a st olen vehicle, possession of stolenproperty, and misdemeanor charges of prov id-ing false information to a peace officer, resist-ing or delaying a peace officer and evading apeace officer, Barclay said.

Barclay said traffic on the roads taken in t hepursuit was light to non e, and officers contin-ually evaluated any risk to the public as theypursued Wilson’s Nissan.

Moss Beach man arrested after multi-county chase

BURLINGAMEStolen vehicle. A stolen 1 997 white Fordpickup truck from Ogden Drive was later

found in Santa Clara before 9:18 a.m.Monday, April 13 .Assault. A person grabbed another per-son’s glasses and threw them on the floorwhile in a dispute over a parking space onBurlingame Avenue before 2:25 p.m.Saturday, April 11.Petty theft. A pair of sunglasses and agarage door opener was stolen from anunlocked car on Ray Drive before 9 a.m.Friday, April 10.Burglary. IPads were stolen from an office

on El Camino Real before 10:36 a.m.Thursday, April 9 .

Fraud. A person who attempted to pass afraudulent check in Burlingame Avenue waslater arrested in San Mateo before 1:38 p.m.Thursday, April 9 .

Drunk driv er. A reckless driver was arrestedfor driving drunk on Adrian and David Roadbefore 2:22 p.m. Thursday, April 9.

BELMONTDrive without license. A citation wasissued to a person who was found driving

without a license on Shoreway Road before7:51 p.m. Saturday, April 11.

Suspicious circumstance. A womansaid someone trespassed onto her proper-ty and hung a rope on her tree on St.James Road before 1:43 p.m. Saturday,April 11.

Theft. The title of a car was stolen from anunlocked car on Granada Street before 6:49a.m. Saturday, April 11.

Suspicious circumstance. A man in aparkin g lot driving a white Escalade was seen

yelling racial slurs on El Camino Real before1:26 p.m. Friday, April 9.

DUI. A man was arrested because he parkedhis white truck in a driveway and went tosleep in the back of a complex on OldCounty Road before 12:21 a.m. Thursday,April 9.

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Suspicious persons. A few people wereseen walking down the street and one washolding a crowbar on Park Street before12:07 a.m. Sunday, April 12 .

Robbery. A man had his phone stolen outof his hands by anoth er man who took off ona skateboard on Middlefield Road before2:18 p.m. Sunday, April 12.Disturbance. A man was arrested for threat-ening customers and throwing up gang s ignson Broadway before 4:55 p.m. Sunday, April12.Assault. A man was cut with a broken bottleon El Camino Real before 8:46 p.m.Saturday, April 11.Disturbance. A person reported hearingkids jumping up and down on Hazel Avenuebefore 7:42 p.m. Saturday, April 11.

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PACIFICA — When a 50 -foot sperm whalewashed ashore on a beach in Pacifica, peoplestopped to look, snapped pictures of themassive mammal and even reached out andtouched the creature that looks more like adark ocean rock th an the l argest tooth preda-tor on earth.

Biologists and veterinarians, however,had a different plan. They arrived earlyWednesday morning at Mori Point on thesouth end of Sharp Park State Beach inPacifica to begin the necropsy and the ardu-ous process of cutting up the carcass forremoval. The next steps remain murky.

“Disposing of a large marine mammal likethis is no small feat. Multiple agencies areworking together to determine the bestcourse of action,” said Dr. Claire Simeone, aveterinarian at the Marine Mammal Center.

Scientists with the center, along with biol-ogists with the California Academy of Sciences, are trying to determine how themammal died. But the cause of death may notbe known for some time, mammal centerspo keswoman Sarah Van Schagen said.

This much is known: They do not s urvivelong out of water as their bodies are notdesigned to b e on so lid land.

The animal, which was first spottedTuesday, is one of 17 dead sperm whales tobeach along the North Coast of Californiaduring th e 40 years that the center has beenhandling such cases, a spokeswoman said.The age and sex will be confirmed followingthe completion o f the necropsy, but it is cur-rently believed to be an adult male. The ani-mal is emaciated.

In 2008 , a 51-foot adult male sperm whalewas found washed ashore in Point Reyes,north of San Francisco. Scientists who per-

formed a necropsy found more than 450pounds of t rash in hi s st omach, which causedhis death. The trash was used to create an artexhibit at the center’s headquarters to teachvisitors about the importance of keepingtrash from oceans.

In January, a rare pygmy sperm whale diedafter beaching itself in Point Reyes.Investigators said it had likely gotten sick

and was too weak to swim.Whales, in g eneral, are at risk in the waters

where they li ve.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration officials have asked SanFrancisco Bay Area boaters to watch out forand steer clear of whales, which migrate intothe San Francisco Bay Area in large numbersduring the spring and summer.

Gray whales are at a particularly high riskof collisions with ships and boats, as theyoften travel near shore and may even wander

into the Bay this time of year, the adminis-tration reports.

Boaters should not approach within 100yards of any whale, cut across a whale’s path ,make sudden speed or directional changes orget b etween a whale cow and her calf.

Experts remove whale carcass in Pacifica

BAY CITY NEWS

A 50-foot sperm whale washed up on MoriPoint, just south of the Sharp State Beach inPacifica Wednesday.

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Convicted molester denied new trialA South San Francisco man convicted of raping o ne of his

girlfriend’s half-sisters over an eight-year period and behaving inappropriate-ly with two other girls was denied a newtrial Wednesday, according to the SanMateo County District Attorney’s Office.

Kyle Clifton Vogt, 38, now faces 35years to life in prison when he comesback to court for sentencing May 29.

He was convi cted of 11 felonies whichinclude rape, conti nuous sexual abuse of a child, sending harmful sexual matter to

a minor, six counts of lewd acts with a minor under 14 andtwo counts of lewd acts with a minor over 14 by someonemore than 10 years older.

South San Francisco pol ice arrested Vogt in 2 012 afterreportedly learning he had been carrying on a sexual rela-tionship with his girlfriend’s half-sister starting in 2002when the victim was 5. The girl told her mom what wasgoing on when she turned 13, according to prosecutors.

After being taken i nto custody, Vogt was also accused of molesting one of the girlfriend’s other half-sisters between2000 and 2012 along with a neighbor girl who was the firstvictim’s friend. Those acts all egedly included sending inap-propriate texts, k issi ng and gropi ng. Vogt threatened someof girls with bodily harm to keep them from talking, policesaid.

Vogt remains i n custody on a no-bail s tatus.

BART probes suicide barriersSAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Bay Area’s tran-

sit agency has launched a campaign to try to stop peoplefrom taking th eir own lives on its tracks.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports Wednesday that theBay Area Rapid Transit agency will pos t si gns o ffering peo-ple resources for help. The agency will also give workersadditional training for spotting those in crisis.

Agency officials will also consider adding barriers toplatforms, which would make it impossible for people toaccess the train tracks, the newspaper reported.

Five people have died this year on the tracks. Last yearthere were eight people hit and killed by trains.Neighb oring Calt rain has also s een a recent uptick in deathson its tracks. Last month, Facebook partnered with severalagencies to give social media users options if they see a

friend post something about potentially harming them-selves.

Man arrested after grabbing girl by the neckSAN FRANCISCO — A man who allegedly grabbed the

neck of a 5 -year-old girl and pinned her up against a build-ing in San Francisco’s Cow Hollow neighborhoodWednesday morning is in custody, a pol ice spok esman said.

The young girl was walking with her mother near theintersection of Union and Octavia streets at about 7:40 a.m.when the suspect approached them, San Francisco policespok esman Michael Andraychak said.

The man grabbed the girl by her neck and then lifted heroff the ground before pinn ing h er up agains t a nearby build-ing, Andraychak said.

Police and medical crews arrived at the scene and arrestedthe suspect.

The girl, who had injuries not considered life-threaten-ing, was transported to a hospital for treatment.

Andraychak said the s uspect told pol ice that h e had a med-ical illness and he was taken to a separate hospital forexamination.

Based on a preliminary investigation, Andraychak said itappears that the girl and her mother did not know the sus-pect and that it was an is olated incident.

Andraychak said once the suspect is released from thehospital he will be boo ked into county jail, at which poin this name and booking photo will be released.

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By Julia Cheever

BAY CITY NEWS SERVICE

An antitrust lawsuit filed by the city of San Jose against Major League Baseball in2013 began its expected final chapterWednesday with the city’s appeal to theU.S. Supreme Court.

The city asked the high court to overturnan exemption from antitrust laws it grantedto professional baseball in 1922 .

“The exemption is causing ever-increas-ing harm to baseball fans and their localcommuniti es,” th e city’s lawyers wrote in apetition for hearing.

“The time has co me to put an end to b ase-ball’s court-created antitrust exemption, orat the very least to confine the exemption toits original context,” the petition says.

San Jose’s lawsuit claims MLB violatedantitrust laws by allegedly delaying andblocking a possible move by the OaklandA’s to San Jose.

The lawsuit was dismissed in 2013 by a

federal trial judge in San Jose an d in Januaryof this year by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Both courts said they were bound by theU.S. Supreme Court’s 1922 decision andtwo later rulings reaffirming that precedentin 195 3 and 1972. In February, the San Jos eCity Council voted to appeal to the high

court.Because only the Supreme Court orCongress can change the precedent, SanJose was forced in it s lo wer court argumentsto avoid attacking the exemption directlyand instead to contend it should be inter-preted narrowly in a way that did not applyto the city’s claims.

In Wednesday’s petition, by contrast, thecity directly asks the court to abolish theexemption.

“When we filed the lawsuit, we said itwould be up to the Supreme Court to decidethis case,” said lead attorney PhilipGregory.

“We are extremely opt imist ic. We believethat if th e court decides to t ake this case up,

it will con clude that baseball sho uld be subject t o th e anti trust l aws lik e any o ther p ro-fessional sport,” he said.

As a fallback position, the petition asksthe court to clarify the scope of the exemp-tion i f it does not ov erturn the exception.

The petition argues that MLB is applyingthe antitrust exemption far more broadly —

for example to broadcast and digital mediarights — than the court could have envi-sioned when it decided in 1922 that “thebusiness of baseball” was not governed byfederal antitrust laws because it was not partof int erstate commerce, as th en defined.

In today’s world, “an antitrust exemptionfor ‘the business of baseball’ threatens tobecome boundless, encompassing everyaspect of the economy baseball touches,”the petition argues.

Michael Teevan, New York-based MLB’svice president for public relations, said theclub had no comment on the appeal.

If the court decides to review the case, itcould hold a hearing

either later this year or next year. If the

justi ces deny a hearing , th e 9th Ci rcuit deci-sion will become the final ruling in thecase.

The court hears onl y a small percentage of the cases appealed to it.

Gregory said MLB’s response brief is duein mid-May and the city’s final brief is due10 days later. The court could decide any

time after that whether to take up the caseand Ahas n o deadline for acting .The city’s lawsuit claims MLB’s con stit u-

tion and actions violate antitrust laws intwo ways.

One violation, it claims, is the t erritorialrights rule, under which the San FranciscoGiants club has the right to block an A’smove to the South Bay and can be overrid-den onl y by a th ree-fourths vote of all clubs.

“There is no apparent business justifica-tion fo r blockin g the A’s from moving t oSan José, except to protect the Giantsfrom,competition,” the appeal says.

The second claim is alleged stalling b y anMLB relocation committee assigned tostudy a possible move.

San Jose’s antitrust lawsuit goes to Supreme Court

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HAYWARD — An estimated $7,000 wasstolen from a Little League team in Haywardover the weekend, a league official said today.

The theft occurred around 9:45 p.m. Sundayat the Tennyson American Little League'sclubhouse at Sorensdale Park, behindTennyso n High School, league treasurer JodyPerry said.

An alarm system was set up at the clubhouseand there are false alarms every week, she said.

The alarm triggered on Sunday night andwhen the league's president, Christi na

Mathewson, checked on the clubhouse, shediscovered the theft, according to Perry.

It appears a window was pried open and thesafe containing money from the league's OtisSpunkmeyer fundraiser was sto len, she said.

The league has yet to determine the totalamount l ost on Sunday, b ut Perry estimated itwas $7,000 intended to pay costs includingrent to play at the park's fields and to keep theleague's charter, Perry said.

When she found out about the theft, Perrysaid she "felt violated."

"I'm the treasurer, I instantly I feel it's myfault, " Perry s aid.

The league's money is normally kept at thebank, but over the weekend Perry said she andMathewson decided to keep the funds at theclubhouse since they needed to figure out whodidn't turn in their money.

Perry said the fundraiser money was due onSaturday and she suspected someone who wasaware of the collection played a role in theburglary.

In light of the theft, the league is workingto repair the window and order a new safe,Perry said.

They are also looking into in stalling secu-rity cameras and a speaker to hear anyone who

may trespass at th e clubhouse, she said.

The league's season ends in May and thisyear there are a total of 192 players rangingfrom 4 to 18 years old, according to Perry.

Insurance will help cover the lost moneyafter the league pays a $1,000 deductible, shesaid.

The team is offering a $1,000 reward formore information leading to an arrest of theperson or persons responsible for the theft.

Donations can be made to the Tenny son American Little League at P.O. Box 3355 , Hayward, CA 94544.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Netflix is

enthralling viewers and investorsalike as popular original program-ming such as “House of Cards” luresubscribers at a quickening p ace.

Netflix said Wednesday that itgained 4.9 million subscribers inthe first three months of the year,more than any other quarter sincethe video streaming service’s debuteight years ago. About 2. 3 millionof the new customers were in theU.S., where Netflix’s subscribercount surpassed 40 million for thefirst time.

The results were far better thanmanagement had anticipated.Netflix h ad been hoping to add about4 mill ion subscribers in th e quarter,

which typically is a busy periodbecause winter weather keeps peo-ple indoors more frequently. Thecompany is on such a roll that itnow expects to add another 2.5 mil-lion subscribers during the April-June quarter, traditionally its slow-est time of year.

Netflix’s big quarter coincidedwith the return of “House of Cards,”an Emmy-winning political dramastarring Kevin Spacey as a conniv-ing U.S. president. The Februaryrelease of the series’ third seasonattracted more viewers than ever,Netflix said, though the companydidn’t provide specific audiencesizes.

Two other made-for-Netflix series,“The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”and “Bloodline,” also helped thecompany retain existing sub-scribers and attract new customerscurious about the programs. Netflixplans to spend more money adver-tising i ts expanding lin eup of origi-nal programs while also using itsrecommendation system to pin-point more subscribers likely toenjoy certain series that are unavail-able on other services.

“In this particular quarter, we hadsome amazing content,” NetflixCEO Reed Hastings said in a videoreview of the company’s first-quarter

financial results. “All of that com-pounded to push us forward.”

Original programming is becom-ing increasingly important forNetflix as it faces more competitionfrom other services, including anInternet-only option that pay-TVchannel HBO recently started sell-ing this month for $15 per month.That price is well above Netflix’sstreaming service, which typicallycosts $9 per month.

Hastings said HBO’s price under-

scores what a bargain Netflix is .All told, Netflix ended March with62.3 million subscribers in morethan 50 countries. They watchedmore than 10 billion hours of videocollectively during the first threemonths of the year — an average of nearly two hours a day for each sub-scriber.

Despite the growth, Netflixmissed analyst’ earnings targets asthe company invested in an ongo-ing international expansion that issupposed to be completed by the endof next y ear. Netflix also was hurt bythe stronger dollar, which loweredits revenue outside the U.S.

Investors didn’t seem to mind.Netflix’s stock soared $53.04, or 11

percent, to $528.50 in extendedtrading after the numbers came out.If the shares follow that trajectory inThursday’s regular trading session,the stock will break the $500 barri-er for the first time.

The price may not stay that highmuch longer because Netflix is get-ting ready to split its stock for thefirst time since 2004. A split lowersthe trading price of a stock by issu-ing more shares. Netflix is hopingthe split will drum up even moreinterest in its stock by making itmore affordable to a wider pool of investors.

Netflix soaring withoriginal programming

“In this particular quarter,we had some amazing

content. All of that compounded to push us

forward.” — Reed Hastings, Netflix CEO

Disney-linked measlesoutbreak soon to be over

LOS ANGELES — A measles out-break that began at Disneyland andreignited debate about vaccinationsis nearing an end.

The outbreak will be declared overin California on Friday if no newcases pop up, according to theCalifornia Department of PublicHealth.

Disease investigators worked formonths to contain the highly conta-gious disease that originated atDisney theme parks in December andspread to several other states andcountries. In all, 131 people inCalifornia were infected.

A measles outbreak is consideredover when 42 days — or two incuba-tion periods — have passed sincethe last onset of the rash.

Drought keeping several LakeTahoe boat ramps dry

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — A lin -gering drought that has made for adismal skiing season in the Sierra

Nevada is also going to take a tollon boaters at Lake Tahoe this sum-mer.

Several of the busiest boat-launch-ing ramps at the azure mountain lakeare expected to remain closed theentire season due to lo w water levels ,including one of the most popularon Tahoe’s northeast shore at SandHarbor just so uth of Incline Village.

The summer boating season typi-cally opens May 1. But with Sierrasnowpack at its lowest level in acentury after four consecutive mildwinters, that won’t happen th is year.

The Lake Tahoe Basin’s snowpack

ended the traditional s eason on April1 with only 3 percent of normal forthe date. Lake Tahoe has been belowits natural rim since October, cuttingoff all flow into the Truckee River,and that isn’t expected to changebefore the end of the year.

Man who clubbed 925 chickenssentenced to jail

FRESNO — A judge has sentencedan 18-year-old man to 120 days in

jail for clubbing 925 Foster Farmschickens to death in Fresno lastyear.

The Fresno Bee reports the judge

also ordered Gabriel Quintero toenroll in anger management and drugtreatment programs and to take men-tal health counseling once he is outof jail. He also has to pay FosterFarms $4 ,620 for the dead chickens.

Authorities say Quintero and twoboys, ages 15 and 17, broke into aFoster Farms chicken shed inCaruthers and used a golf club andother weapons to kill the chickenson Sept 20.

Art stolen from ’Simpsons’creator’s foundation

MALIBU — Authorities are ask-ing the public’s help in finding twopaintings — one of them by famedAmerican Roy Lichtenstein — thatwere stolen from a Malibu founda-tion established by the late co-cre-ator of “The Simpsons .”

City News Service says the LosAngeles County Sheriff’sDepartment issued the callWednesday as it tries to find artworksvalued at $400,000.

They were reported stolen lastFriday from the Sam SimonFoundation.

Simon was 59 when he died inMarch from cancer.

Around the state


SOLANA BEACH — A hugeMarine Corps helicopter made anemergency landing on a Southern

California beach on Wednesday,bringing no damages or injuries butleaving an unforgettable spectaclefor surrounding swimmers and sun-bathers.

The CH-53E Super Stallion landedon the shore of this northern SanDiego County town shortly after11:30 a.m. after a low oil-pressureindicator light went on in the cock-pit, Marine Corps Air StationMiramar said in a st atement.

The 100-foot copter is twice thesize of the humpback whales thatsometimes wash up on surroundingshores. It crouched on the sandbelow a bluff and only a few yardsfrom the surf line, dwarfing surf-board-topped lifeguard vehiclesparked nearby.

Bing Bush and his wife, Julie,who live in a cliffside complexoverlook ing the beach, were in for asurprise when they stepped out theirfront door.

“We were just coming down for abeach walk — we come down herequite a bit — and lo and beholdthere’s a chopper on the beach,”Bing said, after posing for a photoin front of the chopper with hiswife. “We thought maybe it was amovie shot or a movie set or some-thing like that.”

The precautionary landing cameduring routine training, GunnerySgt. Donald Bohanner said. TheMarines and a local hazardous mate-rials team removed oil that leakedfrom the copter to the beach,Bohanner said.

“There was no injuries, no damageto any property, no injuries to anycivilians, which was an awesome,awesome thing right there,”

Bohanner said.J.D. Kalt, a 10-year-old who came

to the beach with his mother andsome friends to check out the heli-copter, was amazed by its size. Hehad his mother take a cellphonephot o of him with his two friends infront of the massive aircraft andthen bounced around in the sandstaring as Marine mechanics wear-ing flight suits and helmets scram-bled atop the chopper.

“It’s huge! I like military andNavy, so I might fly one of thosesomeday,” he said.

Four hours after the landing,gawkers gathered to watch it take off again and head back to the Miramarbase amid a storm of sand and a deaf-ening roar.

The helicopter is the largest andheaviest in the U.S. military. It hasthree engines, can travel at morethan 170 mph and can carry a crewof four.

Marine helicopter isforced to land on beach

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By Paul Larson

MILLBRAE –(This was first

published in 2010, but it’s currently

needed again with

updated details)… Attacks from a

number of out ofstate cremation corporations have been

waged upon our local and well respectedmortuaries. By now many of you reading

this article have been targeted by the flood

of junk advertising being spread across thePeninsula & Bay Area by these cremation

outfits that use deceptive language to spread

their misleading message. It’s no secret that“societies” such as the Trident-Neptune

Corporation are using scare tactics to swayconsumers when they are most vulnerable.

Their mailings, which are many times

disguised as friendly notes, use falsehoodsto imply that their business practice “just

makes sense” or is “much less expensive”

luring in unsuspecting consumers. Their

shrewdly worded letters which use

implications such as “fancy and expensive

funeral home”, “falling victim to pressure tooverspend”, “spending your family’s

inheritance” or “up-selling” are crafted to

imply some sort of dishonesty. Also, an

alluring enticement to “WIN” is flauntedwith tempting instructions to “include your phone number” & key personal data.

The truth is that these “societies” are no

more than wealthy competitors to your

locally owned mortuary, and their costs arenot only comparable, but many times

MORE expensive than what your localmortuary offers. I’ve had families come to

me at the Chapel of the Highlands with

stories of being seduced by certain

“cremation societies” with talk of lower

costs and other persuasive language. Talesof unimpressive staff and meetings in

bunker-like facilities are common. After

comparing local mortuaries & cremationcosts it was discovered that a mortuary’s

total balance can be similar or even LOWER

than these “societies”. Families haverealized that it would have been much more

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for assisting families with low costcremations… decades before cremation-only

corporations ever existed. We are also a fullservice facility offering our Chapel for

Memorial Services if desired.

My advice if you ever wish toinvestigate cremation:

Do your homework and call your locallyowned mortuary first to compare costs

along with reports on good reputation;

Don’t let cremation societies’ messageof being “much less expensive” or offers

to “WIN” fool you;

Don’t turn over your phone # or personal

info to un-requested cremation solicitors;

If you must use a “cremation society”find out where they are headquartered

and about any prior or active lawsuits.Thank you for reading my rebuttal. It

bothers me that these “societies” are openlyusing misleading language and making

blanket implications about mortuaries.

Their tactics are unwarranted and my onlydesire is for the truth to be known.

If you ever wish to discuss cremation,funerals or make pre-planning arrangements

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CHAPEL OF THE HIGHLANDS inMillbrae at (650) 588-5116. We will guide

you in a fair and helpful manner. You mayalso visit us on the internet at

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SACRAMENTO — A California vaccina-tion bill that has generated intense debatespitting personal rights against public healthstalled in the state Senate Wednesday, withlawmakers saying it could unconstitutionally

deprive unvaccinated children of an adequateeducation b y b arring them from schools.

The measure would have prevented parentsfrom seeking vaccine exemptions for theirchildren because of religious or personalbeliefs, making California the largest of only three states with such strict require-ments.

Supporters plan to bring back the propos-al next week revising it to address the con-cern raised in the Senate EducationCommittee, but it wasn’t immediately clearhow the bill might change.

The proposal was among several draftedacross the nation in the wake of a measles

outbreak that started atDisneyland in December,sickening more than 100people in the U.S. andMexico.

It’s generated such anangry debate that th e pro-posal’s author, Sen.

Richard Pan, a Democraticpediatrician fromSacramento, has received

added security. In addition to threateningmessages sent to h is office, opponents o f thelegislation have posted images online com-paring Pan to Adolf Hitler.

Hundreds of people lined the Capitol hallsahead of the Wednesday morning committeehearing, with about 600 opp onents o utnum-bering roughly 100 supporters, a crowd farlarger than normal for even the most con-tentious measures.

It was the second hearing after the SenateHealth Committee advanced the measure 6-2

last week.Parents have been on both sides of the

issue, with some calling the vaccinationplan an unconstitutional government over-reach and others saying it was necessary tosave lives.

Carl Krawitt, of Corte Madre near SanFrancisco, told lawmakers Wednesday that he

feared for his 6-year-old son’s life during themeasles outbreak because the boy, Rhett,could not be vaccinated while he was treatedfor leukemia. Krawitt said his family hasalready bore the financial and emotional tollof a chil d with cancer.

“We’re here for the community,” Krawittsaid. He added, “You have a duty to legislatefrom solid evidence, not from fear, and keepour schools safe.”

Opposing parents have told lawmakersthat since vaccines come with risks, theyshould have the choice o f whether their chil-dren should get such shots. Many said theywould rather homeschool their children than

comply with a vaccination requirement.

Among the risks, opponents say, vaccinedrugs have been linked to autism and otherdevelopmental diseases, even as the medicalcommunity says such claims have been dis-proved.

Robert Moxley, an attorney from

Wyoming who represents families who saythey’ve been injured by vaccines, testifiedthat the bill violates freedom of choice. Hetold lawmakers that the proposal would notstand up in a court challenge.

“It seems to me this is a so lution in s earchof a nonexistent p roblem,” Moxley said.

The bill would have joined California withMississippi and West Virginia as the onlystates with such strict vaccine rules.

Medical waivers would have been avail ableonly for children with health problems andthe personal and religious belief exemptionswould be eliminated. Unvaccinated childrenwould have to have been homeschooled.

Vaccine bill stalls; will come back next week

Richard Pan

By Paul EliasTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO — California cities andcounties are grappling with how far they cango to restrict where sex offenders can liveamid a shiftin g legal l andscape.

The California Supreme Court last monthstruck down San Diego’s blanket enforce-ment of a state law banning registered sexoffenders from living n ear schools or parks.The Supreme Court said sex offenders canstill be banned from living near parks andschools, but such a determination must bemade on a case-by-case basis .

In response, several cities and countieshave repealed — or are in the process of repealing — local ordinances with blanketresidency bans. On Tuesday, the CaliforniaDepartment of Corrections andRehabilitation issued new regulationsrequiring parole agents to individually deter-mine residency restrictions for each of the6,000 offenders they monitor.

The department loosened its residencypolicy after Attorney General Kamala Harrisadvised the department that the SupremeCourt ruling applied statewide.

Still, some cities and state lawmakers arearguing the Supreme Court ruling applies

only in San Diego. The city o f Murrieta, forinstance, said its ban doesn’t conflict withthe Supreme Court’s ruling, and it plans tokeep it in place.

At least two lawmakers said they plan tointroduce legislatio n to impose new restric-tions.

State Sen. Sharon Runner, R-Lancaster,said she is alarmed by the correction depart-ment’s new policy and that sh e is working tocobble together a group of lawmakers tosupport legislation “that will clarify anyconfusion caused by the decision of theCalifornia Supreme Court.”

Prison officials said they can still prohib-

it high-risk offenders from living nearschools and parks. The corrections depart-ment said its parole officers can still barother offenders from living near parks andschools depending on individual circum-stances.

Janice Bellucci, a lawyer for sex offenders,said the new guidelines are being unevenlyapplied throughout the state. Bellucci saidshe is also concerned that too many of thesex offenders are labeled high risk andremain subject to the residency prohib ition .

Bellucci and others said the residencyrestrictions are too restrictive and forcemany sex offenders into h omelessness.

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NEW YORK — The Fight for $15campaign to win hi gher pay and a unionfor fast-food workers is expanding torepresent a variety of low-wage workersand become more of a social justicemovement.

In New York City on Wednesday, morethan 100 chanting protesters gatheredoutside a McDonald’s around noon,prompting the store to lock its doors toprevent the crowd from streaming in.

Demonstrators laid on the sidewalkoutside to stage a “die-in,” whichbecame popular during the “Black LivesMatter” protests after recent policeshootings of black men. Several woresweat sh irts th at said “I Can’t Breathe,”a nod to the last words of a black man inNew York City who died after he was putin a police chokehold.

Timothy Roach, a 21-year-old

Wendy’s worker from Milwaukee,Wisconsin, said the police brutalityblack men face is linked to the lack of economic opportunity they’re given.He said the protests were necessary tosend a message to companies.

“If they don’t see that it matters to us,then it won’t matter to them,” Roachsaid.

Organizers said demonstrations wereplanned for more than 230 U.S. citiesand college campuses, as well as dozensof cities overseas. Among those who

joined the latest day of protests aroundthe country Wednesday were airportworkers, Walmart workers and adjunctprofessors.

The campaign began in late 2012 andis being spearheaded by the ServiceEmployees International Union, whichrepresents low-wage workers in areaslike home care, child care and buildingcleaning services. Mary Kay Henry, theSEIU’s president, said the push has

already helped prompt local govern-ments to consider higher minimumwages, nudged companies to announcepay hikes and made it easier for SEIUmembers to win better contracts. Thoseresults are inspiring other groups of workers, she said.

“It has defied a sense of hopeless-ness,” she said.

In Jackson, Mississippi, around 30people protested in a McDonald’sbefore being kicked out, with o ne of thedemonstrators being arrested for tres-passing. Protesters also gathered out-side McDonald’s restaurants in citiesincluding Denver, Los Angeles andAlbany, New York.

Even if fast-food workers and othersnever become union members, winninghigher pay for them would benefit theSEIU by helping lift pay for its ownmembers, said Susan Schurman, dean of school of management and labor rela-tions at Rutgers.

Protests expand for low-wage workers

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A small helicopter is pictured in this still image taken fromvideo after it landed on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol inWashington Wednesday. One person was detained and nearbystreets were temporarily closed as police investigated.


WASHINGTON — Poli ce arrested a man who s teered histiny aircraft onto the West Lawn of the U.S. Capi tol after fly-ing through restricted airspace around the National MallWednesday.

The pilot was Doug Hughes, 61, a Postal Service workerfrom Ruskin , Flo rida, according to a person who was briefedby Capito l Police and revealed the informatio n on conditi onof anonymity. On his website, Hughes took responsibilityfor the stunt and said he was delivering letters to all 535members of Congress to draw attention to campaign financecorruption.

“As I have informed the authorities, I have no violentinclinations or intent,” Hughes wrote on his website,thedemocracyclub.org. “An ultralight aircraft poses nomajor physical threat — it may present a political threat tograft. I hope so. There’s no need to worry — I’m just deliv-ering the mail.”

A second source, a Senate aide, said Capito l Poli ce knew of

the pl an shortl y before Hughes to ok o ff, and said he had pre-viously been interviewed by the U.S. Secret Service. Thesources spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss detailsof the investigation. Capitol Police declined to publiclyconfirm the man’s identity.

Capitol Police identified the open-air aircraft, whichspo rted the U.S. Po stal Service log o and landed about half acity block from the Capitol building, as a “gyrocopter witha single occupant.” About two hours after the device hadlanded, pol ice announced that a bomb squad had cleared it andnothing hazardous had been found. The authorities thenmoved it off the Capitol lawn to a secure location.

Hughes flew to Washington from the vicinity of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, which took about an hour, saidBen Montgomery, a reporter with the Tampa Bay Times.Montgo mery said Hughes discussed his p lan in advance withthe newspaper, had meticulously plotted his flight and con-sidered himself on a mission that was “sort of a mix of P.T.Barnum and Paul Revere.”

House Homeland Security panel Chairman MichaelMcCaul, R-Texas, said the pilot landed on his own, butauthorities were prepared to s hoot him down if he h ad madeit much closer to th e Capitol. “Had it got ten any closer to th espeaker’s balcony they have long guns to take it down, butit didn’t. It l anded right i n front, ” McCaul said.

The Federal Aviatio n Adminis tration said the pi lot had notbeen in contact with air traffic controllers and the FAA didn’tauthorize him to enter restricted airspace.

Airspace security rules that cover the Capitol and theDistrict of Columbia prohi bit priv ate aircraft fligh ts withoutprior coordination and permission. Violators can face civiland criminal penalties.

The White House said President Barack Obama had beenbriefed on the situation.

Witnesses said the craft approached the Capitol from thewest, flying low over the National Mall and the Capitolreflecting pool across the street from the building. It barely

cleared a row of trees and a s tatue of Gen. Ulyss es Grant.John Jewell, 72, a tourist from Statesville, NorthCarolina, said the craft landed hard and bounced. An o fficerwas already there with a gun drawn. “He didn’t get out untilpolice officers told him to get out. He had his hands up” andwas quickly led away by the police, Jewell said. “Theysnatched him pretty fast.”

Elizabeth Bevins, a tourist from Atlanta, said she wasstanding across the street from the Capitol when the littlegyrocop ter flew in around 20 or 30 feet high , and it “just sortof plopped down on the lawn.”

Police with rifles yelled at the pilot not to move and toldbys tanders to run with their heads down, said Nora Neus, 21,a junior at the University of Virginia who was in town for a

job int erview. “I tho ught it was a jok e at first . My nextthought was this is something really bad,” she said.

Pilot in custody afterlanding small copteron Capitol’s west lawn

Obama to highlight hisfamily-friendly tax proposals

WASHINGTON — President BarackObama is using Tax Day to draw newattention to family-friendly tax pro-posals that haven’t exactly beenembraced by the Republican leaders of Congress.

Obama was also answering questionsabout working family issues at a townhall Wednesday in Charlotte, NorthCarolina, with the women’s websitesBlogHer and SheKnows.

The president has called on Congressto expand existing tax credits and createnew credits to help working families.Lawmakers have taken no action.

Meanwhile, the House is expected

this week to pass a bill repealing theestate tax.

The White House says eliminatingthe tax would help a few thousandwealthy households at a cost of about$270 billion to the Treasury.

It says far more people, 44 millionfamilies, would benefit under the presi-dent’s proposals.

Climate change plan faceshigh-profile legal test

WASHINGTON — The centerpiece of the Obama administration’s effort totackle climate change is facing a high-profile legal test as a federal appeals courtconsiders a plan that has triggered furiousopposition from Republicans, industryfigures and coal-reliant s tates.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.Circuit hears arguments Thursday in twocases challenging the EnvironmentalProtection Agency’s ambitious proposalto slash carbon pollution from thenation’s coal-fired power plants that isblamed for global warming.

The lawsuits — one from a coalition of 15 states and another brought by MurrayEnergy Corp., the nation’s largest pri-vately held coal mining company — are

part of a growing political attack fromopponents who say the move is illegaland will kill jobs, cripple demand forcoal and drive up electricity prices.

The rule proposed by theEnvironmental Protection Agency lastyear requires states to cut carbon emis-sions by 30 percent by 2030. It givescustomized targets to each state, leaving

it up to them to draw up plans to meet thetargets.

Congress OKs bill reshapingMedicare doctors’ fees

WASHINGTON — Con serv ati veshated that it ’s expected to swell feder-al deficits over the coming decade.Liberals complained that it short-changed health pro grams for childrenand women.

But after years of complaints andfailed efforts, huge majorities o f bothparties in Congress finally bandedtogether and there was no stoppingthe “doc fix.”

The Senate gave final app roval lateTuesday to the $214 billion biparti-san measure, which permanentlyrecasts how Medicare reimburses doc-

tors for treating over 50 million eld-erly people. It also provides extramoney for health care programs forchildren and low-income people,which Democrats coveted, andimposed higher costs on some high-er-income Medicare beneficiaries,which Republicans touted as a victo-ry.

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Dow 18,112.61 +75.91 10-Yr Bond 1.90 -0.00

Nasdaq 5,011.02 +33.73 Oil (per barrel) 55.94

S&P 500 2,106.63 +10.79 Gold 1,202.10

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the NewYork Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:NYSEDelta Air Lines Inc., up $1.12 to $44.20 The airline reported a surge in first-quarter profit on more passengersand cheaper fuel, beating Wall Street expectations.Nokia Corp., down 12 cents to $7.84 The Finnish telecommunications company will buy its French rival Alcatel-Lucent in a deal valued at about $16.5 billion.Delek US Holdings Inc., up 47 cents to $38.37 The energy company will buy about 48 percent of Alon USA Energy Inc.'sstock owned by Alon Israel for about $572 million.NasdaqIntel Corp., up $1.34 to $32.83 The chipmaker reported better than-expected first-quarter profit, but

revenue during the period fell short of forecasts.Google Inc., up $2.14 to $532.53European regulators charged the technology company with abusing itsdominance in Internet searches and will probe its mobile system.Smith & Wesson Holding Corp., up $1.97 to $14.97 The firearms company raised its fourth-quarter profit and revenueguidance, citing stronger-than-anticipated orders.Molycorp Inc., up 41 cents to 95 cents The rare-earth materials company will supply Siemens AG with materialsfor use in wind turbine generators over the next 10 years.Enphase Energy Inc., up 63 cents to $13.65 The solar energy components company said Folsom Labs' advancedphotovoltaic system for its installations is now available.

Big movers

By Matthew Craft


NEW YORK — Rising corporateprofits and a jump in oil prices helped

push the sto ck market to a modest gainon Wednesday. Delta and Intel led theway up after turning in results that b eatWall Street’s forecasts. The p rice of oilsoared to its highest price this year,driving up energy stocks.

For investors, any good news comesas a welcome surprise this earningsseason, which is widely expected to bethe worst in years. Analysts predictthat companies in the S&P 500 willreport a 3 percent drop in profits.Most of the blame lies with the slumpin oil prices over the past year, whichhas squeezed oil and gas companies,and a strong dollar, which diminishesthe v alue of profits earned abroad whenthey’re brought back home.

“So far, there’s no signal that this

quarter is really a h arbinger of a p rofitrecession,” said Jeremy Zirin, head of investment strategy at UBS WealthManagement. I think that’s why the

market is reacting positively today.”The Standard & Poor’s 500 index

rose 10.79 points, or 0.5 percent, toclose at 2,106.63. Transocean, anoperator of drilling rigs, soared 10percent, the bi ggest gain in the index.

The Dow Jones industrial average

rose 75.91 points, or 0.4 percent, to18,112.61, while the Nasdaq compos-ite added 33.73 po ints, or 0.7 percent,to 5,011.02.

Delta Air Lines said its quarterlyprofit more than tripled as passengersflew more and fuel prices plunged froma year ago. The results sent Delta’sstock up $1.12, or 3 percent, to$44.20.

After the market closed Tuesday,Intel, the world’s largest maker of computer chips, reported quarterlyprofits that beat analysts’ targets.Intel’s stock surged $1.34, or 4 per-cent, to $32.83.

Crude oil jumped $3.10 to settle at$56.39, hitting its highest price thisyear, after the Energy Department s aid

that st orage of crude rose by th e small-est amount in three months. Brentcrude, a benchmark for internationaloils used by many U.S. refineries, ros e

$1.89 to close at $60.32 in London.Major markets in Europe ended the

day mixed. Germany’s DAX finishedflat while France’s CAC-40 g ained 0.7percent. Britain’s FTSE 100 index of leading sh ares added 0.3 percent.

Minutes after being forced from the

stage by a protester, Mario Draghi, t hepresident of the European CentralBank, indicated that the bank willstick with its monthly purchases of bonds. A recent run of solid economicdata fed speculation that the ECB willease the pace of its bond-buying,aimed at spurring economic growth.His briefing came after the bank keptits main interest rate unchanged at arecord low of 0.05 percent.

In Asia, Japan’s Nikkei 225 stockindex slipped 0.2 percent. HongKong’s Hang Seng gain ed 0.2 percent,while the Shanghai composite indexlost 1. 2 percent.

Back in the U.S., Bank of Americaturned in a quarterly profit fo llowing abig los s a year ago as it p ut some of its

legal troubles behind it. But revenueremained flat for its main businesses.The bank’s stock dropped 18 cents, or1 percent, to $15.64.

Earnings, oil, markets all up

Protester rushes ECBchief Draghi at press conference

FRANKFURT, Germany — It was supposed to be theEuropean Central Bank’s first calm meeting in months.President Mario Draghi was to explain how smoothly thebank’s stimulus program was going.

But just as he began his press conference, a protesterstartled participants by running from the first row of seatsand leapin g ont o the tabl e in front of hi m. She hurled whatappeared to be con fetti and screamed at h im.

Security guards dragged her off the s tage in seconds andtook Draghi into a side room.

Bank of America posts 1Q profit of $2.98 billionNEW YORK — Bank of America returned to profit abil ity

in the first quarter as the bank was able to move forwardfrom its l egal troubles las t year. However, the results camein short of some analysts’ estimates.

The consumer banking giant said Wednesday that itearned $2.98 billion after payments to preferred share-holders, compared with a loss of $514 million a year ear-lier. Net revenue fell to $21.2 billion compared with$22.56 billion in the same period a year earlier.

Bank of America’s results missed expectations.

Financial analysts surveyed by FactSet expected 29 centsper share, which typically excludes one-time items.

Seattle CEO to cut his pay soevery worker earns $70,000

SEATTLE — The CEO of Gravity Payments, a Seattle-based company that processes credit-card payments, toldhis employees this week that he was cutting his roughly$1 million salary and using company profits so theywould each earn a base salary of $70,000, to be phased inover three years.


LISBON, Portugal — Vacations inEurope have a new attraction: the euro’ssteep drop in value is making the conti-nent much cheaper for tourists fromacross the world, especially the UnitedStates and China.

For American tourists, the dollar’s

strength translates into a discount of around 25 percent compared with thistime last year. China’s currency hasrisen some 20 percent against the euroover the past year.

And eurozone residents feeling thepinch from their sluggish economies aremore likely to stay inside the bloc,where they won’t feel the currencychanges.

That means the ingredients are inplace for “a great year for tourism” inEurope, says Nick Greenfield, head of

tour operator relations at the London-based European Tour OperatorsAssociation.

The euro has fallen against many cur-rencies in recent times, but its drop hasbeen particularly pronounced against thedollar. The euro was trading at $1. 057 onWednesday, having been as high as$1.40 a year ago. Tim Cooper, a global

economist at BMI Research in London,says his company expects the euro anddollar to reach parity later this year.

The European Central Bank’s policieshave been weakening the euro, whilethose of the U.S. Federal Reserve havebeen bolstering the dollar. The euro hasalso been dragged down by fears overGreece’s debts and the bloc’s muted eco-nomic growth.

U.S. bookings to some Europeancountries have risen by up to 20 percentso far, European tourism officials and

American travel companies report.Lyssandros Tsilidis, president of the

Hellenic Association of Travel andTourist Agents, said Greece has seen a15-20 percent increase in reservationsfrom the U.S. — Europe’s biggest long-haul market — compared to the sametime last year. Spain saw a 12 percentincrease in January and almost 19 per-

cent in February. Officials anticipatemore growth, which they attribute to thedollar’s strength.

The exchange rate “certainly makesthings easier to enjoy,” said BobHomeyer, a retired businessman fromSan Diego on vacation in Madrid withhis wife. “We have had some fine mealsfor what worked out to be reasonableprices, and our visi t to the Prado Museumworked out at 7 euros ($7.48) each,which is a real bargain,” he said outsidethe Madrid landmark.

Depressed euro boon for travelers


BRUSSELS — The European Unionhas charged Google with abusing itsdominance in Internet searches andopened a probe into i ts Android mobilesystem, massively raising the stakesin its five-year antitrust battle with thetech giant.

Wednesday’s move could lead to bil-lions in fines for Google if the caseshows that the way it does business inthe 28-country blo c is i llegal, as wellas years of legal wrangling.

The EU can impose fines of 10 per-cent of annual revenue, or some $6 bi l-

lion, and force the company to over-haul its system for recommendingwebsites in Europe.

The EU executive co mmissio n s aid itfound that Google “gives systematicfavorable treatment” to its GoogleShopping at the expense of others inits general search results.

Margrethe Vestag er, the EU’s compe-tition commissioner, said that was aproblem because Google is so domi-nant i n Europe. It h as a market share of

over 90 percent of Internet searches inthe EU, compared with around 70 per-

cent in the U.S.“It is not based on the merits of

Google Shopping that GoogleShopping always comes up first,”Vestager said. “Dominant companieshave a responsibility not to abusetheir powerful market position.”

Though Wednesday’s charges cen-tered on the shopping service, the EUsaid it was pursuing other antitrustissues against Google, including aprobe of its online ad business.

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Serra basketball head coach Chuck Rappwas named Cal-Hi Sports State Coach of theYear, it was announced Tuesday.

In leading the Padres to the program’s firstever Central Coast Section Open Divisionchampionship and to a berth in t he NorthernCalifornia playoffs, Rapp becomes the firstcoach of a San Mateo County-based team toearn the hon or. It has been given since 1960.

The only other West Catholic AthleticLeague coach ever to win the award was St.

Francis head coach Steve Filios in 1995.Filios is a Serra alum.

“It’s just a tremendous source of pride towatch his teams play,” Serra athletic directorDean Ayoob said. “I think they epitomizewhat Serra High School is all about.”

Ayoob said this year’s team, that notcheda 23-6 overall record, was a special onebecause the team was composed of a groupof gym rats willing to work hard.

Rapp has coached the Serra varsity squadsince the 1999-2000 season. He took hisfirst post at th e school in 1993 as head coachof the freshman team.

Mitty head coach Tim Kennedy hascoached against Rapp for the past sevenyears. Previously, Kennedy served onRapp’s coaching staff as a Padres varsityassistant from 2006-08. He also graduatedfrom Serra in 1995 and was th ere when Rappfirst arrived on campus.

“I think the Coach of the Year is so welldeserved for this team just because he gotevery ounce of [thi s year’s team],” Kennedysaid. “They’re a talented group … but hegot everybody playing well and playingtogether.”

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Sequoia third baseman Matt Smith, right, shows the umpire the ball after tagging out SacredHeart Prep’s Michael York attempting to advance from second to third on an infield grounder.

The Cherokees went on to win 8-6 in their third dramatic comeback victory this month.

By Terry BernalDAILY JOURNAL STAFF

Matt Lopez certainly made the season’shighl ight reel — and just maybe he made theplay of th e year Wednesday at Sequoia.

In a game that saw seven balks, 10 walksand one batter get craned in the helmet with afastball, the cream that rose to the surfaceamid a weird and wild game was a dazzlingdefensive effort that saw Lopez tumble over— and ultimately through — the temporaryfence in center field.

The fifth-inning web gem by theCherokees’ center fielder loomed large as itkept a two-run deficit in check. Sequoia wenton to rally for seven runs in t he bottom o f the

sixth to score an 8-6 comeback win overSacred Heart Prep.

Sequoia manager Corey Uhalde said it was-n’t the first time he’s seen someone tacklethe fence.

“I would say (it’s happ ened) a couple times ,but it’s been [Lopez] every time,” Uhaldesaid. “If anybody is going to make thatcatch, he’s the guy that’s going to do it. ”

With the win, Sequoia (6-3 in PAL Bay, 14-6 overall) moves into a three-way tie withSHP and Carlmont. The victory stands as thethird dramatic comeback for the Cherokeesthis month. April 2 against Menlo, Sequoiatrailed by si x runs before rallying in th e lateinnin gs for an 8-7 win. Last Thursday againstMenlo-Atherton, the Cherokees again foundthemselves down by six but generated a 7-6walk-off victory.

Wednesday’s come-from-behind win wasn’tas dramatic in the sense the Cherokees onlytrailed by two runs, but the recurring themehas got Sequoia believing n o deficit is t oo bigto overcome. And more importantly, it hasgot th e Cherokees climbing in the PeninsulaAthletic League Bay Division standings, hav-ing won four of their last fiv e games in leagueplay and seven of their last eight overall.

“We talked about those last games beingworth more than one game in the standings,and this is why — it’s because, you go inwith a two-run deficit in the sixth inningand every person on our bench knows wecan compete, ” Uhalde said.

Another Sequoia comeback

By Michelle R. SmithTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

FALL RIVER, Mass. — Former NewEngland Patriots star Aaron Hernandez wasconvicted of first-degree murder and sen-tenced to life in prison Wednesday for adeadly late-night shooting, sealing thedownfall of an athlete who once had a $40millio n con tract and a standout career aheadof him.

Hernandez, 25, who had been considered

one of the top tig ht endsin professional football,shook his head, pursedhis lips and sat downafter the jury forewomanpronounced him guilty inthe slaying of OdinLloyd, a 27-year-oldlandscaper and amateurweekend football playerwho was dating the sisterof Hernandez’s fiancee.

Hernandez’s mother, Terri, and hisfiancee, Shayanna Jenkin s, cried and gaspedwhen they h eard the verdict. Hernandez, hiseyes red, mouthed to them: “Be strong. Bestrong .” Lloyd’s mother also cried.

Jurors deliberated for 36 h ours over sevendays b efore rendering their decision, whichalso included convictions on weaponscharges.

“The jury found that h e was just a man whocommitted a brutal murder,” DistrictAttorney Thomas Quinn said after the ver-

dict. “The fact that he was a professionalathlete meant nothin g in the end.”

Lloyd was shot six times early on June17, 2013, in a deserted industrial park nearHernandez’s home in North Attleborough.The motive has never been explained.

Police almost immediately zeroed in onthe former Pro Bowl athlete because theyfound in Lloyd’s pocket the k ey to a car theNFL player had rented. Within hours of

Former NFL tight end gets life for murder

By Antonio Gonzalez


OAKLAND — Not hoots or hollers wereheard in Golden State’s locker roo m. No h ugsor high -fives were seen, and no major celebra-tions were in the works.

“Reserved but happy,” is how coach SteveKerr described his team.

After the best regular season in franchisehistory, the Warriors want more. In fact, n oth-

ing less than a championship might be goodenough now.Klay Thompson scored 25 points before

resting in the second half, and the Warriorswrapped up a record-setting season with a 133-126 victory over the Denver Nuggets onWednesday night.

“You kind of got to let it sink in, just howhistoric this season was when it comes to allthe great teams that have suited up in thisleague,” s aid star Stephen Curry, a l eading can-didate for NBA MVP. “The records crazy. Wewant to enjoy that. But it’s playoff time. Wehave to be ready.”

Starters on both sides rested most of thegame, with the Warriors tuning up for th e play-offs and the Nuggets long out of contention.The biggest developments for Golden State,which secured home-court advantage through-

out the playoffs a couple weeks ago, came onthe out-of-town scoreboard.

The top-seeded Warriors (67-15) learnedthey’ll face New Orleans in the first round afterthe Pelicans beat San Antonio to clinch apost season berth. Game 1 of the best-of-sevenseries is Saturday in Oakland.

Golden State went 3-1 against New Orleansthis season.

“We’ve got to get to work. Now it getshard,” Kerr said.

Denver (30-52) ended with a loss to theWarriors for the third straight season,including the first round of the 2013 play-offs. Melvin Hunt finished 10-13 as interimcoach after Brian Shaw’s dismissal, and he

Warriors down

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encouraged players to listen to the playoff

chatter around the Warriors and use it as fuelmoving forward.

“Our guys hear it, and it hurts. And I want itto hurt,” Hunt s aid. “I want them to be deeplywounded by this so that when we come backnext year I won’t have to mot ivate them or getinto a guy. They will do it themselves.”

More than anything that happened on thecourt, the night brought finality to a seasonfull of firsts and fun for the Bay Area’sbeloved NBA team.

The Warriors set franchise bests for wins(67), home wins (39) and road wins (28).Curry surpassed his own league-record for 3-pointers in a season by hitting 286 beyondthe arc. And Kerr won more games than anyrookie coach i n NBA history.

Kerr, who won three titles playing withMichael Jordan in Chicago and two moreunder Gregg Popovich in San Antonio , kn owsthat means little now.

Even though the Warriors enter the playoffsas the top seed, they’ll have their work cut outfor them in a loaded Western Conference that

includes No. 2 Houston, No. 3 Clippers, No. 4Portland, No. 5 Memphis and No. 6 Spurs — thedefending champions and a team that alwaysgive Golden State trouble. Dallas is seventh.

The Warriors have n ot reached the WesternConference finals since 1976. That came ayear after the franchise won its only BayArea championship.

“I like the challenge of having to play agood team right away,” Kerr said. “It’ll b ringout the best in us. It’ll bring out our edge. Weknow what we’re up agains t.”

David Lee, an All-Star two years ago but areserve now, sat out with a strained lowerback. Kerr said he’s not sure if Lee will be ableto play Saturday.

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